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T. J. INGRAHAM. WIRE FENCING.

No. 475,116. Patented May 17, 1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFIICE.

THOMAS J. INGRAHAM, OF HORNELLSVILLE, NE\V YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- I-IALF TO FRANCIS G. BABCOCK, OF SAME PLACE.

WIRE FENCING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 475,116, dated May 17, 1892.

Application filed May 26, 1891.

[ Thisinyentipn relates to certain new and useful improvements in wirefenciifgfstrahdsj' and it'has for its objects to provide a light,

. strong, and ornamental fencing-strand that can be easily and cheaply constructed by machinery and which will not collapse under strain or by its own weight.

I form thcouter strands of two or more wires twisted together and having twisted therewith the intermediate wires. The interzo mediate wires should go around the outer strands or wires two or more times and are crossed between the outer strands and woven therewith in such a manner that the said outer wires or strands are rigidly held at the requisite distance apart and there is no liability of their being pressed together.

Other objects and advantages of the in vention will hereinafter appear, and the novel features thereof will be spccificallydefined by 0 the appended claim.

" The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawing, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, forms a part of this specification, and in which is shown a 3 5 side elevation of a portion of a fencin -strand constructed in accordance with my invention.

In carrying out my invention the strand may be made either by hand or machinery. I have constructed it both ways. The outer '0 strands are composed of two or more wires, preferably, however, of two, as shown in the Serial No. 394,173. No model.)

present instance. These wires a and b are twisted together more or less closely, as may be desired. The intermediate wires B, which hold the outer strands A and A the proper distance apart, are twisted around the twisted strands of the outer wires and are crossed between the two outer strands, as shown at 0. By twisting around the outer strands I mean that the intermediate wires are wrapped or 5 wound around the said outer strands, not simplypassedthrongh the space betweenthetwo wires forming the outer strands, as where the intermediate wire is simply passed through the opening in the twist of the outer wires the strands can be easily pressed together, whereas by my construction the wrapping or twisting of the intermediate wires serves to hold the outer strands firmly at the stated distance apart, and this, with the brace formed by the crossing of the intermediate wires, forms a very strong and durable fencing-strand. The intermediate wires may be of a wire different from the outer ones, if desired, to give a more pleasing appearance to theytdncc.

A fencingwstrip composed of two outer or border twisted strands of two wires each and two intermediate wires crossing each otherin passing from one outer strand to the other and twisted or interwoven continuously with the wires of said outer strands and at the same pitch, the outer strands being twisted one to the right and the other to the left, as shown and described. 7;

In testimony whereof I affix my sign atpre in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS J. INGRAHAY Witnesses:

FRANCIS G. BABCOCK, \VELLINGTON SALT. 

